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| grunts67 Diglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5304 days ago 215 posts - 252 votes  Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 9 of 18 26 February 2013 at 1:12pm | IP Logged | ||
I am a little discouraged with FSI at the moment but I think I will persevere if you think it get easier to do the drills after a dozen lessons. For the active wave, it's going ok but I still find they put too much idioms in the lessons. I would need after my first completion to reread it, too find what I didn't get the first time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| grunts67 Diglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5304 days ago 215 posts - 252 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 10 of 18 06 March 2013 at 4:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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2/3/13 to 8/3/13
GOALS Assimil - 70-76 Read chapter 7-8 of HP2 with audio I am in vacation and I got a big French exam coming up this saturday. So, I am keeping my Spanish to a bare minimum and I am putting my effort in French instead. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| grunts67 Diglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5304 days ago 215 posts - 252 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 11 of 18 06 March 2013 at 4:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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I decided to not complete FSI because I find it really not fun and it,s more an exercise of frustration than anything else.
Also, since I am able to read novels, I can acquire vocabulary. I started to watch movies in Spanish. My comprehension is getting a little better. I write from time to time but I am hoping to be able to write a 200 words every 2/3 days in the near future. I just need to spend time practicing and my speaking ability should go up a lot. So, I will put my time in effort into those activities instead of FSI. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Valy Newbie France Joined 4350 days ago 39 posts - 47 votes Speaks: French* Studies: English, German, Spanish, Mandarin | Message 12 of 18 06 March 2013 at 6:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think you're doing the right thing. Doing something you don't enjoy would lead you right into a wall, putting
you off. For my English vocabulary, I began my first page of "goldlist", with the article I read today. If you're not into flashcards for your studies, you could give it a go. http://huliganov.tv/goldlist-eu/ I thought French was your native language ! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| grunts67 Diglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5304 days ago 215 posts - 252 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 13 of 18 06 March 2013 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | ||
I am using Ivernson wordlist method for my vocabulary. It work very well for me if I saw that word before. As for French, it's a really difficult test to be accepted in a teaching program. I need 80% to be accepted. So, I am doing a lot of revision and nailing down exceptions, etc. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| grunts67 Diglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5304 days ago 215 posts - 252 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 14 of 18 03 April 2013 at 11:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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It's been a long time since I made a update. A lot of things have happen between.
First, I have been accepted in my teaching program (yah!). I finished my Assimil course. At the moment, I am revising it to pick up all the still unknown words and the rules I might have forgot. I'm still doing some vocabulary works but I primarly read a lot. I try to watch some movies/tv shows as well in Spanish. Next week, I will try to post a more accurate planning that I currently have. With weekly objective, I seem to do more works done. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5377 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 15 of 18 07 April 2013 at 3:35am | IP Logged | ||
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Nice log, keep up the good work. That Assimil course is not yet available with an English base so I was not able to use it. It sounds like you liked it.
I note you said you used the French based MT course. I was not aware that MT was available in non-English bases. Where does one find those courses? Do you have any idea of they make Spanish based MT courses? On FSI, don't do it if it is too painful. But, be sure you give it a shot after you have advanced a bit. I think it is an absolutely awesome course and doing it as an intermediate when you can focus on just the drills (without having to think as much about the vocab and grammar) would be great. Good luck. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| grunts67 Diglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5304 days ago 215 posts - 252 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 16 of 18 02 August 2013 at 4:47am | IP Logged | ||
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It's been a while since I last updated my logbook. I continued my journey into Spanish. I made great progress. Here the highlights.
1- Assimil l'espagnol (2008) - FINISH 2- Practice makes Perfect - 95/100% FINISH 3- Michel Thomas foundation and advance - FINISH 4- Assimil l'espagnol sans peine (1981) - Will be finish in less than 10 days. 5- Written 85 first lesson from French to Spanish Assimil (2008) 6- I was able to have meaning full conversations while I was in Mexico for 2 weeks. 7- Read the whole Harry Potter serie in Spanish What I need to work on: 1- Subjonctif 2- Speak more 3- Irregular verbs Those three are the most important aspects at the moment. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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